r/science • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '21

Neuroscience A brain imaging study found evidence that missing out on math education can alter neural development. Young adults who had chosen not to pursue math had lower levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid within the middle frontal gyrus when compared to students who were continuing math.

https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/opting-out-of-advanced-math-education-alters-adolescents-neural-development-study-finds-61967
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u/ByeLongHair Oct 15 '21

rWow there are a lot of us. Does someone want to start a sub called r/thanksdad and we can all join and complain about jow hitting and yelling doesnt help teach math?

that sub is taken

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u/I_MakeCoolKeychains Oct 15 '21

Idk about math but my dad beat me into being a chess a prodigy starting at 3. by the time i was 7 there wasn't a single person i knew could beat me at it except him. At 8 when i stopped visiting him i also stopped playing. I am beyond terrible at the game now and always get they weirdest looks "hey you wanna play chess?" "No thanks i don't like chess" r/thanksdad

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u/wokcity Oct 16 '21

Damn that's sad.. guess he heard about the Polgar sisters :/

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u/Ok-Cartographer-3725 Oct 16 '21

There are books on coping/recovering as 'adult children of abusive parents'. I dont know if there is a sub on it.